Bravazo lollygags it in breeze for Travers

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Bravazo, the runner-up in the Preakness and the Haskell Invitational last out, worked a half-mile in 51.23 seconds on Wednesday over the Oklahoma training track in preparation for the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers on Aug. 25.

Trainer D. Wayne Lukas said the work was “too slow” and blamed himself for overcoaching the exercise rider.

“Too slow is easy to fix; too fast is harder to fix,” Lukas said. “I can come back in less than a week and work him again. I have time for two more works.”

Bravazo continues to impress Lukas with how he is doing physically despite having run in all three Triple Crown races and the Haskell.

“His weight is excellent,” Lukas said. “He’s put on weight through some very intense training. He grazes twice a day and gets a lot of pampering. He’s on the same program as Will Take Charge, who got pretty good in the fall.”

Will Take Charge in 2013 ran in all three Triple Crown races, finished second in the Jim Dandy, won the Travers and the Pennsylvania Derby, then lost by a nose to Mucho Macho Man in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.